Many smartphones will lose their ability to use the popular cross-platform messaging application known as Whatsapp. The app which has become quite useful to Nigerians has decided to stop supporting some smartphones.
Speaking in March 2016 to BBC, the company
stated that it was going to end support of the smartphones, stating;
“WhatsApp
is to end support for a number of operating systems including Blackberry 10,
Nokia Symbian S60 and Windows Phone 7.1.
“The company said it wanted to focus
development “on the mobile platforms the vast majority of people use”.
Facebook-owned WhatsApp, which is used by a billion people worldwide, will stop
working on the named operating systems by December 2016. But it will still
work on Blackberry’s latest smartphone which runs Android.”
Here is a list of
operating systems (OS), Whatsapp will stop supporting at the end of 2016: –
Android 2.1 and Android 2.2 –
Blackberry OS 7 and earlier – Blackberry 10
Nokia S40 – Nokia Symbian S60 – Windows Phone 7.1
Here is a list of phones
affected by the coming change.
All Blackberry phones,
WhatsApp support will
end for all Nokia S40 Phones and other Nokia phones including: Nokia 500
Nokia
E6
Nokia 5228
Nokia 5230
Nokia E63
Nokia 5233
Nokia E66
Nokia 5235
Nokia 5250
Nokia E7
Nokia 5320
Nokia E71
Nokia 5530
Nokia E72
Nokia 5630
Nokia E73
Nokia
5700
Nokia 6124
Nokia N82
Nokia 6210
Nokia N85
Nokia 6220
Nokia N86 8 MP
Nokia
6290
Nokia N95
Nokia 6650
Fold Nokia N95 8 GB
Nokia 6700
Nokia 6710 Navigator
Nokia N96
Nokia 6720
Nokia C5-03
Nokia C6
Nokia C7
Nokia E51
Nokia E52
Nokia E55
Nokia Asha 201
Nokia Asha 300
Nokia Asha 302
Nokia Asha 303
Nokia Asha 306
Nokia Asha 311
Nokia C3-00
Nokia C3-01
Nokia X2-00
Samsung SGH-G810
Samsung SGH-iNNN
Samsung SGH-L870
Nokia E5
Sony Ericsson Satio
Sony Ericsson
Vivaz
Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro and
Whatsapp is set to lose a large part
of its consumer base
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